The matchup between the Cripple Creek-Victor Pioneers and the Moffat Cowboys on Monday hardly resembled the 0-0 effort from their previous meeting. Cripple Creek-Victor fell to Moffat 69-63. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Cripple Creek-Victor's lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Damian Reyes, who made all 7 shots he took from beyond the arc racking up 23 points and 0 assists. The matchup was Reyes' third in a row with at least ten points. Tony Woods was another key contributor, scoring 16 points.
Ziah Pesqueira was a one-man wrecking crew for Moffat as he scored 31 points along with 7 rebounds and 6 steals. That makes it two consecutive games in which Pesqueira has scored at least 25% of Moffat's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Martinez, who scored 16 points along with 7 rebounds and 3 steals.
Cripple Creek-Victor now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Moffat, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 3-0.
Cripple Creek-Victor will be playing in front of their home fans against Deer Trail at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. As for Moffat, they will head out on the road to face off against Custer County at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
